Middle Grades Endorsement, M.A.T.

Degree Requirements

Professional Coursework

EDUC 500Introduction to Teaching and Learning

3

EDUC 538Measurement and Assessment of Learning

3

EDUC 549Integrating Tech into the Classroom

3

EDUC 569Effective Classroom Management

3

EDRD 515Literacy Mthds Middle and High School

3

EDRD 523Content Area Literacy Instruction

3

EDRD 533Literature for Children and Adolescents

3

EDMG 506Middle Grades Student Teaching Seminar

3

EDMG 509Student Teaching in Middle Grades I

6

EDUC 501Psychological Perspectives of Education

3

EDSL 571Cross-Cultural Education

3

EDSL 574Multicultural Children’s Literature

3

Content Area Requirements

 

Literacy Specialization

Plus one additional Language Arts elective course.
RHET 101Introductory Rhetoric

3

RHET 102Intermediate Rhetoric

3

ENGL 150Introduction to Literature

3

ENGL 154Introduction to Creative Writing

3

Choose one:

ENGL 280Survey I: Beowulf to Chaucer

3

ENGL 281Survey II: Utopia to Gulliver’s Travels

3

ENGL 282Survey III: Revolution and Nationalism

3

ENGL 283Survey IV: Victorianism to Modernity

3

II. Mathematics Specialization

Plus one Math elective course (3-4 credits).
MATH 101Fundamental Concepts of Mathematics

3

MATH 116Nature of Mathematics I

3

MATH 117Nature of Mathematics II

3

MATH 120Functions and Models

3

MATH 224Elements of Statistics

4

MATH 230Calculus with Analytic Geometry I

4

III. Science Specialization

BIOL 150Principles of Biology

4

BIOL 176Special Topics in Biology

0

CHEM 104Introductory Chemistry

4

PHYS 110Introduction to Astronomy

3

Choose one:

PHYS 101Physics for Poets and Non Poets

4

PHYS 102Physical Science and Everyday Thinking

1

IV. Social Science Specialization

Plus one additional Social Science elective course.
SOCI 150Introduction to Sociology

3

INST 115World Regional Geography

3

POLS 102American Government

3

Choose one:

HIST 107World History I: to 1500 C.E.

3

HIST 108World History II: From 1450 to Present

3

Choose one:

ECON 100Current Economic Issues

3

ECON 101Principles of Microeconomics

3

ECON 102Principles of Macroeconomics

3

Please note; Students must take either ECON 100 or both ECON 101 and ECON 102.

Choose one:

HIST 110Creation of the United States: 1600-1865

3

HIST 111Evolution of the United States 1865-1945

3

HIST 112Modern America since 1945

3